Bachelor in Film and Digital Media Critical Studies Concentration

The critical studies concentration provides a more rigorous pathway than the general major and offers classes specifically reserved for seniors with exceptional abilities. Students are eligible to apply for the critical studies concentration in the spring quarter of their junior year, provided they have completed FILM 120 and at least three other upper-division critical studies classes. Applicants must already be declared film and digital media majors in good standing.

Offering creative and critical studies of art and culture at the undergraduate and graduate levels. At UC Santa Cruz, instruction in the arts inspires and develops the capacity for individual and collaborative creative inquiry, analysis, and action within and beyond the university. Our faculty includes artists, historians, critics, performers, and theorists working across the arts globally.